Jessamyn West Quotes

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?

Jessamyn West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 18, 1902 - February 23, 1984

Topics

SuccessTimeWomanSoulManMy Soul

Seriously, I will probably out-talk you if you come up to me because I'm a chatterbox.

Angela Kinsey

MeYouSeriouslyWillUpCome

I would say I've done everything I wanted to.

Jean-Paul Belmondo

DoneSayEverythingWouldWanted

I've lost count of the number of times that I've been approached by strangers wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave or inspirational, and this was long before my work had any kind of public profile.

Stella Young

WorkInspirationalMeBraveThink

That's what I love about running - I feel like we all celebrate each other. Even if you're racing somebody at the finish, it's like you're in it together.

Summer Sanders

LoveTogetherCelebrateRacingYou

I think, personally - I don't know if other readers would agree - but reading 'Penumbra,' I detect an Internet writer or a writer who came up on the Internet.

Robin Sloan

ReadingThinkInternetKnowUpWho

I don't really look around and say, 'I've made it.' I just look around and think how fortunate I am to work with the people I'm working with.

Logan Lerman

WorkI AmPeopleThinkLookSay

I talk to my parents more than anybody in my family.

Jason Earles

FamilyParentsTalkMoreThan

Like most early enthusiasts, I always thought the way the Internet encouraged multitasking made users less vulnerable to manipulation, while simultaneously exploiting even more of our brain's capacity than before. Apparently not.

Douglas Rushkoff

BrainThoughtInternetEarlyWay

I think you have to have a bit of an anger-management issue, to be honest with you. Usually, slot guys are a lot smaller and quicker, but at the same time, you have to go in there and block linebackers and safeties, and so you have to be aggressive.

Doug Baldwin

TimeThinkYouGoAggressiveSame

I am Chelsea Manning. I am female.

Chelsea Manning

I AmFemaleChelseaAm

When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.

Aung San Suu Kyi

MeHouseArrestListenedBBCSpoke

I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew.

Piper Laurie

PeopleNot KnowingKnowingAlways

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